To cover up its mistakes, the Karnataka state government is holding a protest in Delhi against the Central Government which was nothing but a political stunt, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday.
"It's not a political protest; it is a protest for the stepmotherhood treatment of the central government, even when drought hit the state. That's why we have organized this protest on February 7 at 11 a.m. at Jantar Mantar," said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
After the announcement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred the nation's top civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called him "a real son of the soil."
"Accepting the Kantharaj Backward Commission report was nothing but a Lok Sabha election stunt. Only the strong backward classes were deriving the benefits of reservation and the most backward classes needed to be rendered justice," Bommai said.
Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav, Pralhad Joshi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, former Karnataka chief ministers BS Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai, state BJP President BY Vijayendra, party leaders Jagadish Shettar, CT Ravi and other party leaders are participating in the meeting, which is schedul
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai claimed that the opposition alliance INDIA bloc would disintegrate due to dissatisfaction among its allies.
Speaking to the media on TMC leader Mamata Banerjee saying "Will fight alone" during Lok Sabha polls in Bengal, Bommai said, "INDIA alliance has broken apart. Without leaders like Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar and Akhilesh Kumar, what is the INDIA alliance? This is a big setback for Congress
The Vokkaliga community has shed sweat to achieve in the field of agriculture and they must achieve the same feat in the field of trade and commerce, said former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that they will demand the ruling Congress government to implement a hike in quotas for the Scheduled Tribes.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai believes the 'Pran Pratishtha' in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya marks the commencement of "Ram Rajya", an era of prosperity and justice for all.
The case pertains to a group of men allegedly barging into the room of a lodge at Hangal in Karnataka's Haveri district and thrashing a couple for the 'crime' of being together despite practising different faiths.
Alleging that efforts have been made to "hush up" the "moral policing" incident in Karnataka's Haveri, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday asked the Congress-ruled government in the state to constitute a special investigation team to probe the incident.